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Brian Rast is playing his heart out at day 2 of the WSOP #9, the $1,500 NLHE re-entry.

The American high stakes pro Brian "tsarrast" Rast is doing his best these days to take his 3rd WSOP bracelet.

Yesterday he was playing day 2 of Event #9, the $1,500 NLHE re-entry - and here he was able to get 70,000 chips all the way up to 1,498,000! That puts him in the lead before day 3 where 33 players will be competing for the coveted bracelet.

On the way to the chip lead Brian Rast did have a bit of luck on his side. In a hand against another tough opponent, former November Niner James Akenhead, Rast explains how lucky he was:

Blinds are 4,000/8,000 with 1,000 ante. Rast (app. 830,000 chips) opens under the gun for 16,000. James Akenhead (app. 310,000 chips) on the button re-raises to 38,000. Rast calls as the only one.

Rast check-calls a bet for 40,000.

Rast checks. Akenhead bets 55,000. Rast raises all-in and Akenhead calls the last 175,000 of his stack. With his tournament life on the line he turns the cards:

Rast is in problems with:

The river is cruel to Akenhead:

A straight for Rast and goodbye to Akenhead.

Afterwards Rast tells PokerNews that he is unhappy with the way he played the hand.